As the form of gold Sevaruth grows larger with the clutch she will soon lay, bets on the day are starting to pass between the riders and residents of Western Weyr, not to mention the egg count the queen will put on the sands, this time. A few kitchen hands have been put to the task of helping tidy up the candidate barracks in preparation, now that Theiath's clutch has cleared the barracks of the former group. There are a few whispers amongst those that help, about the contraband stash that each new candidate group seems to have, and if *this* time, the one's in charge will actually find it… one can hope, right?

And no one even wants to touch the subject that it's likely Sevaruth and Elinath will be sharing Western's sands…